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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Behold \Be*hold"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Beheld}(p. p. formerly {Beholden}, now used only as a p. a.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Beholding}.] [OE. bihalden, biholden, AS. behealdan to hold, have in sight; pref. be- + healdan to hold, keep; akin to G. behalten to hold, keep. See {Hold}.] To have in sight; to see clearly; to look at; to regard with the eyes.
When he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. --Num. xxi. 9.
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John. i. 29.
Syn: To scan; gaze; regard; descry; view; discern.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Behold \Be*hold"\, verb (used without an object) To direct the eyes to, or fix them upon, an object; to look; to see.
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne, . . . a lamb as it had been slain. --Rev. v. 6.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
behold
verb: see with attention; "behold Christ!" [syn: {lay eyes on}] [also: {beholden}, {beheld}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "behold": NB, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, glimpse, have in sight, ken, lay eyes on, look at, look on, look upon, make out, mark, note, notice, observe, perceive, pick out, recognize, regard, remark, see, sight, spot, spy, take in, twig, view, witness
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